PSE8 Mac installation freezes w/blank installer alert box...

...right at the beginning of the installation.
I've tried rebooting. I've tried uninstalling and rebooting. I've repaired permissions with disk utility. I've made sure I have all the needed requirements to run it. I've shut down my browers. I've cleared my caches.
And I've been waiting on hold with Adobe for over an hour. Anyone having this same problem who can help me out here? Thanks!!

Hang in here. I had a similar problem when PSE 8 for Mac failed to install. Nothing posted here was of any help and phone support was also not helpful. Finally an Adobe Systems quality engineer appeared here, Ankush Ved, who tried to help with the same suggestions as phone support. When I told him I had been through those fixes and failed he sent me a private message and we scheduled a Net-meeting between him in India and me in Connecticut in which he took control of my machine remotely as I watched and participated occasionally to enter an admin password or serial number.
He investigated the files in my computer and found corrupted code in a Library caused by the Snow Leopard installation I had made prior to attempting to install PSE 8 for Mac. The corrupt code prevented the PSE 8 installer from proceding.
Mr. Ved cleaned up the code, uninstalled the PSE 6 for Mac already in my machine, then reinstalled PSE 6 and together we made a successful installation of PSE 8 for Mac.
I may have the order of the operations mixed as there were moments I was totally lost, but Mr. Ved never gave up and certainly knew exactly what was required, what he found and how to correct the problem. He was part of the team that developed PSE 8 for Mac.as you will see when you finally get the app installed and click on About Elements 8 when launched.
lf Mr. Ved invites you to his lair accept the invite. You may be asked to suggest the time. It helps to know that India sees the sun 9 hours and 30 minutes earlier than New York City. Which means when it is noon in NYC USA it is 9:30 PM in India.
Bring some water, patience and a good sense of humor and be prepared to devote up to three hours to the event. Ours took about 2 hrs. 30 min. and was a pleasant new experience for me.
I found that Adobe Systems cares about problems we meet with their products and is working to correct these as they exhibit themselves in the real world.
Del Keener (iMac Intel 2 Core Duo (model 7,1), OS X v10.6.1 (Snow Leopard)

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